Ten years as a doula… It feels surreal to say that, but it’s true. Last week marked ten years since I attended my first birth in a doula capacity. It has had ups and downs, slow times and crazy busy times, and I have learned so much! Without breaking it down birth by birth, here …
I attend births at any gestation. If my clients ask for me, I come. Many of the births I have supported have been bereavement births, and they are always so special.
The fact is that breastfeeding is very natural. It’s something most babies are able to do with the right support. The secret? It’s not natural like breathing. It’s not natural like your heart beating.
Do you know how dilation in labor is assessed? It is assessed by nurses, doctors, and/or midwives inserting their fingers into your vaginal and feeling the cervix. It is so subjective that one nurse might say you’re eight centimeters dilated and five minutes later your midwife might check the same cervix and call you a five.
